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DSS Wins 2022 AWKR
Champions!!! In the last race of the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta, skipper Jo Breen and her Spartan 34.7 crew needed to finish 3 places ahead of overnight leader 2Extreme to secure the regatta win. The team nailed it! These great sailors have had a wonderful regatta, recovering from a broken main halyard at the end […]
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DSS to host 2025 Aus. Yachting Champs
The Australian Yachting Championship is heading back to Tasmania in 2025 and the Squadron is very proud, and excited, to have been selected to host this event on behalf of Australian Sailing. The Australian Yachting Championships “will be run either in conjunction with or alongside existing keystone events” helping to unpin the assembly of awesome […]
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COMBINED CLUBS PRIZE PRESENTATION
Friday 6 May 2022 The 2021-22 Combined Clubs sailing season was celebrated in style as skippers and crews gathered for the annual Combined Clubs prize presentations and dinner, hosted by the Derwent Sailing Squadron Inc. The flag officers came together from the Combined Clubs Committee to share in the presentations of the following series:• Harbour […]
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At Home Winter Feast Tickets on Sale
Are you already feeling the cold? Do you have your beanie ready? Are you hanging out for a Willie Smith’s Mulled Cider? Then the DSS AT HOME is the place to get your fix!
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Morning Tea by the Derwent
Seems like everyone I know is, or has been, affected by Cancer in some way. My Husband, my family and many Sailing friends have battled it one way or another. Cancer doesn’t stop. Right now, an Australian is diagnosed every 4 minutes!
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Winter Club House Series
Cruising the East Coast of Australian Presentation JOIN US AT THE DSS FOR AN EVENING OF ADVENTURE CRUISING THE EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA – DARE TO DREAM AND ALL THINGS BECOME POSSIBLE! The Australian East Coast is one of the most scenic travel destinations in the world. The wonderful reef systems, the kaleidoscope of colour, […]
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Mother’s Day @ DSS
Let us spoil that special Mum in your life!! Free glass of bubbles for every Mum on her special day. Full menu available along with some amazing specials she is sure to love. Bookings highly recommended – 6223 1977
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Summer’s nearly over, which means the AFL 2022 season is about to kick off.
Get involved in our weekly tipping run through ESPNfootytips. Round one kicks off on Wednesday, 16 March with a rematch of the 2021 Grand Final between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs. INSTRUCTIONS:1. Visit the Footy Tipping website: DSS AFL TIPPING COMP2. Enter the DSS competition password (it’s a closed, not public, comp): DSS20223. Create Account (enter […]
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Combined Clubs Hillcrest Twilight Fundraiser
On the 16th December 2021, we all were devastated to hear of the unfolding tragedy that occurred at the Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport. The loss of 6 young Tasmanian lives has left us deeply saddened and is utterly devastating and heartbreaking for all involved. On behalf of the Hobart Combined Clubs and all of […]
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Sidewinder – S2H
Squadron members and great mates John Saul and Rob Gough have clocked up over 5,000 Nm sailing two up together over the last few years. While many of these miles were done delivering Rob’s previous boat, the beautiful Hallberg Rassy 46 ‘Grace’, around the South Pacific, of more recent times the pair have stepped it […]
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